Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-12

- z4I4A I434ttAM Na4 tNE0lDI so.
Rso1s e lhsy boznf 40 the weands.
and lnslsted thai there mnsa BE- hope.
he cnly lieht uae tbe ligAt of The
oar1lng oEldRes and with 20 mach ol
ils aia Ne efty men vent 10 woEk 20
eaodas TIE drA. RnR fear hears teey
fuuRht llke henaa and fuK fouH houra the
victexy hunG d the belance.
RAnxn was xmE oNEx wnAPoS
With uhicA the Gre oould b foaehk 90
lAe a1fompt waa mads b pa Il osl
These was no piek e ahaeai % diR IL
up and no basket o. haxrol % carry tl
IA 90 desperal6ly the3 dna their 6neaEs
down inla the earsh ahieh q long
droulh hes oakad as hard as s1one and
hoaged handfala thuB won upoa the
enoroaehing na@es. and With thfa earth.
wurk, bafli handful By handful. kept
back the foe.
While this waa eoing On TIE OlhsE
brave msn crepl underneath the
wrecked ears. beneath the nra and The
wooden hars, which held prisoners 90
many pFegiOas livea, and With pieces Of
board and sometimes With their hands
they bea6 back the flames when ahey
flashed oionnside eone anf0rtunaie Who
uns pinned down hF q beam. 10 often
looked as though his eaalh hg Are wns
certain. While the fRht vas thus 20.
inE On ahs cara Of the WoFkafs we're
allod with the gFoans OF dying mon; The
Anguished snlreaties OF those whose
death seemed certain unieas the tergihla
bla.e could be extinguiahed. The cries
Of those
TOO BADLY HUnr 10 CARE
In what manner the sad was broaRht
about, 90 only Il sheuld Be quick.
So they dug np the earth with their
hands, reckless OF The blood streaming
out from broken faaer nails, and heap
tnR i Qp in little mounds, while ell TIE
time came the heaFtrendlnq cry, "Fos
Gods sake don't let us barn 10 death.
Bat finally TIE vict1Fy was won. Tue
are vas put oat after four hours % en-
daavog, and as its last sparks died away
. laRht came ap tn the east 20 take their
place, and
DAWN CAME uroN sunNE on HoRnoR.
Whi1e Ne ngha had bssa eoinR on the
men lad been dying and there we're not
30 many wounded 10 take cut OF the
wreck as there bad been four hours be-
fore. hnt IN tha maantime The oonntry
bad been aroused. Help had come from
ChatsuoEth, Eores. and Piper City. AS
tie dead we're laid Eevefenily alonQAide
0f cash other, oQt in Che ooEnhelds,
there we're ready hands 70 take lhem In.
10 OhaaswoEth, while some Of the
Wounaed we're carried 10 Piper CITY.
One hundred and eighteen oomposad
the awful pile of The dad. while the
wounded nnmbared fouR times that
number. The fnll Rumher Of TIE dead
cannot Be told for days.
GANG on nonnKRa.
No sooner had the wreck occurred
than scene Of robbery comnenoed.
some band Of unspeakahls miscroanta.
heartless aud criminal, were on hand.
like the guerillas who thf0ng q battle
field the night after the condct and hlch
from The dead the money which they
received for their meAars pay, stealing
even the bronzs medals, robhine from
the children Of heroes they took she
worthless emblems Of their fathers
bravery. 30, last ni9ht, did these hu-
man hyenas plnnder the dead from
the terrible accident and took even tha
shoes which covered their feet Who
these wfetohea aFe is not known.
Whether they we're q gang Of piokpook-
ela who accompanied the train
OF soms robbsR gang Who we're
lurking n tha vicinity cannot
hs said. The horrible sasplclon. how
ever, sxisia--and there are many Who
ssvs. scaepae1Ihesto M ( = ihe naaiagnt iNls
wrsokine. That the bridge vas sei on
IRE by misoreanis who hoRed 20 sleae
the opportunity offered. aud The fact
that the bridge vas % far consumed at
the time that the train came along, and
The saddast fact that the train was an
hour aud half late are pointed out a.
ExEDENcB or a cAnEEUL o0EsPERAox.
II seems hardly possibly that man
could be 80 lost 10 ell the ordinary feel
inas which animate th, bEeast Of ihu-
manity, bat gtili The men. Who will rob
dead men, Whe will steal from The dy-
ING, plundef the Wounded held down By
the break beams Of wrecked ears, the
wounded whose death by dre seemed
imminena, can DO moat a1ything which
Il base, and that is what theae heuda Ia
human form did. They went into the
cars when Q Gre was buFning heFeely
underneath and where the poor
wretohes who we're pinned there beRRed
them for Gods sake 10 help them Out,
stripped them of their watches and Jew
elry, and seaEohed theiF pockets. And
when the dead bodies we're laid out In
the corn Aalda
THESE HxEzAs TUnnED THzn ovxA
In their search for valuabias, and that
the plundeF vas done by an organized
gang vas proven By the fast that this
morning sixteen purses, oil empty,
we're fOnnd 10 one of the delds. It Wns
q ahastly plundorina. Haa the plum
dsFurs been caught this aflarnoon they
would surely have been iynohed.
scxNz on THn wancK.
About ave o'clock one Of Tie TIass'
stah was driven out 70 the wreck. The
drive Ray led elonR 70 the left Of the
ToIeda, Peoria and Warsaw. Ts tbs
oouth of the road waa an old fashioned
osaso orange hedge. The Foad VS. very
muddy and full of ohaok holes. A
stream Of humanity was pouflsa u from
the wreck, some had checks h
their hats and carried vsliaoa.
They were evidently PaseeneeEs
boy ana girl came along swinging
hands aad talking IL lou
tone about The toEEible disaster. A
photographer dragged hss weary llmba
alona tho tFaek. He Waa esrFytna. {
camera, ana q lot Of negatives. Iha
road was nimaat lsssl. inst liisls EEade
rnnnina up % the wreck at q raise os
| 10 OF Is fess 70 the mia. Aboai
two and bali o. three nile
| from tha town on q little Fial
vs. the debris Of the wreck. Tue sleep
Ing ear "Tunis" vas at the eud Of %
tFeiu. Il vas iaeked h The cir, sup
ported ~ the tTesile. The front end o
ne oar vas diFeesly over the piaee wheri
the bgjdRs stood.
nKvmKD LEsT or THB pn1D.
| CHaTswonxn, Aug. 1.-The foil0uinl
l. the revised iiat Of TIE dad: Il. 3
stoeksf, Peoria; Miss stephens ans
father, Mlks hsRan, BinRhamp4on, y
u, Wm. Craig. Cnba. Iil.i Henry Hiok
IN. Pekin. M; Noah Havermore, Can
tan. M; II. 5. Gmlih, MstamoFa. III
3eoFas A. smith, Peoria; Mrs. Zim
msFmsn. Peoria; bosa and AeeRh
MnFphy and mother, Peoria; Miss Mag
gls Maier0w, Peoria; O. Neal. Mossvilis
IN. Emsline CafnihaFa, EFsna, IN.
Jeruse Maak, EarskA. H.; - Sherman
Brlmhsld. iii.; May Lass. - MoOiin
toak tenetnseFi. Peoria; Eiizsbeil
Orom washington, HI Mrs.. \
Ia. stoddard, West Peint, io9u
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